A bureaucrat is one who has the power to say "no" but none to say "yes." — Russell L. Ackoff Copy Share Image
Most managers were trained to be the thing they most despise - bureaucrats. — Alvin Toffler Copy Share Image
India needs honest bureaucrats; most officers in the system are corrupt. — Jagapathi Babu Copy Share Image
Seen from the point of view of the particular group interests of the bureaucrats, every measure that makes the government's payroll swell… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Ten-year-old boys move differently than middle-aged women, who move differently than athletic guys, who move differently than government bureaucrats. — Brad Bird Copy Share Image
When we ask bureaucrats to identify who is responsible for fixing anything, they reassure us that there are 'procedures in place.' — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
Every socialist state has two sets of rules - one for those connected with politicians and bureaucrats, and another for the ordinary… — Leslyn Lewis Copy Share Image
It is highly improbable that the bureaucrat will put his life on the line. It is absolutely impossible that he'll put his… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow. Follow-up is the answer to a bureaucrat's prayers. — Susan Dunlap Copy Share Image
I think everyone remembers how certain Russian bureaucrats used to work against the Ukrainian opposition; I think it is hard to drop… — Yulia Tymoshenko Copy Share Image
Bureaucrats sometimes do not have the correct information, while citizens and users of resources do. — Elinor Ostrom Copy Share Image
The real trouble with the doctor image in America is that it has been grayed by the image of the doctor-as-businessman, the… — Shana Alexander Copy Share Image
No Child Left Behind taught us that parents, teachers and state and local leaders are more suited to address students' needs than… — John Kline Copy Share Image
You give bureaucrats power over others, and when the others are poor and helpless, nothing matches government. More than any single exploitive… — Millicent Fenwick Copy Share Image
Wouldn't it be better for the human spirit and for the soul of this nation to encourage people to accept more responsibility… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
There are people with vested interest who do not want us to reform our energy sector so that we remain dependent on… — Veerappa Moily Copy Share Image
Mitt Romney will tell us the hard truths we need to hear to end the debacle of putting the world's greatest care… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
Government should be of the people, by the people, for the people. What part of that do politicians and government bureaucrats not… — Wayne Allyn Root Copy Share Image
To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it sounds awfully simplistic, but I have often thought how much better off our country would be if sometimes we left… — Mike Ramsdell Copy Share Image
The government of the United States, under Lyndon Johnson, proposes to concern itself over the quality of American life. And this is… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Our enemies are all those in league with imperialism - the warlords, the bureaucrats, the comprador class, the big Landlord class and… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
The proliferation of bureaucrats and its invariable accompaniment, much heavier tax levies on the productive part of the population, are the recognizable… — William Henry Chamberlin Copy Share Image
We have so many priests who have gone half way … it’s sad that they did not manage to go the whole… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Whoever sides with the revolutionary people is a revolutionary. Whoever sides with imperialism, feudalism and bureaucrat-capitalism is a counter-revolutionary. Whomever sides with… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Under this law (Controlled Substances Act) a bureaucrat-usually not elected-decides whether or not a substance is dangerous and how dangerous that substance… — Peter McWilliams Copy Share Image
“Plato argued that good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will always find a… — Philip K. Howard Copy Share Image
Advocacy groups, politicians, and bureaucrats use the government to advance their private good instead of the common good. — Joel Miller Copy Share Image
How many twenty-second-century bureaucrats did it take to change a light panel? We'll have a sub-committee meeting and get back to you… — Peter F. Hamilton Copy Share Image
All government operation is wasteful, inefficient, and serves the bureaucrat rather than the consumer. — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Politicians and bureaucrats are no different from the rest of us. They will maximize their incentives just like everybody else. — James M. Buchanan Copy Share Image
“For once in his life, Norman has acted rather than gone to a meeting. And this is where it has landed him.” — Paul Torday Copy Share Image
I believe when hard-working citizens have earned their pension, it's wrong for Washington bureaucrats and politicians to take their pensions away. — Josh Mandel Copy Share Image
Corrupt bureaucrats and cops ought to dismissed or compulsorily retired from service, as they are a drain on the service. Their performance… — Kiran Bedi Copy Share Image
“...a million bureaucrats are diligently plotting death and some of them even know it...” — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
The only way government bureaucrats know of keeping prosperity going is to inflate some more - to increase the deficit or to… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Hollywood was invented by hoodlums from central Europe. And today a Hollywood lawyer is not a hoodlum. He's a bureaucrat. — Jean-Luc Godard Copy Share Image
Bureaucrats are the only people in the world who can say absolutely nothing and mean it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
